Throwing Off The Shackles – Selling The Car
Usually a car represents freedom: you can go anywhere, at any time, with anyone. As any newly-licensed driver will attest to, you don’t have to rely on parents or friends or public transport. And it’s true – cars do give you a sense of independence, and quite...
One Year Afloat – The Challenges and Adventures of our First Year
What an awesome year! We bought a boat. Moved on board. Figured out how things work on a boat. Cruised some of the canal network. Fixed some electrics. Got up when it was still dark and walked along cold, muddy towpaths to commute to work. Ah, the joys. Oh, and did I...
What Does the Inside of a Narrowboat Look Like?
If you’ve never been on a canal boat or seen the inside of one, you might be wondering what it’s actually like. You may have noticed that the blog has been a bit quiet lately – but we haven’t been relaxing, cruising along the canals and generally enjoying the...
How The Quest Was Won
What challenges faced us in our final leg of the journey? What beasties did we have to slay to win our prize? (Well, okay no beasties.) But we did it! We have a narrowboat and now the never-ending to do list begins… Starting with moving on board!
The Finance Dragon Slain – the Quest Goes On!
The Quest survives! We defeated the dastardly dragon of finance. Well, I suppose it was more like we skirted around the dragon and found another way to obtain the treasure we sought… but that doesn’t sound half as exciting! Read the epic tale!
Adventurers VS Banks (spoiler alert: Banks won…)
In an epic battle to obtain riches beyond compare – oh, alright, it was just a phone call to the brokers to apply for a small loan… and we didn’t come out as the victors in this particular instance. Is this the end of the Narrowboat Quest?!
Credit Score? What Credit Score?
You need a credit score for pretty much everything these days – including getting finance for your dream narrowboat! So, how’s our credit score looking? Er… well, perhaps you should read for yourself…
What’s the Goal? Our Dream Narrowboat
So, what are we looking for in a narrowboat? We’ve built an idea in our heads of what our perfect boat looks like – the only question now is: will we find it? Read more about our perfect boat…
A Quest of Discovery – We’re in Investigation Mode
We took a gander at a couple of boats at Whilton Marina recently to get a better idea of what we wanted in our own narrowboat. We discovered a few new things that will help us narrow down the search for the perfect boat! Read on to find out what we discovered!
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